International Business Management (Hons) (Top-up) Teesside University

Overview

Join a community of learners from over 100 different countries to develop your management knowledge in a cross-cultural context. The emphasis of this International Business Management (Hons) (Top-up) programme delivered by Teesside University is on you taking control of your own learning, advancing you as a business thinker and decision maker through workshop-based, interactive and developmental activities.

If you want to take on some of the biggest challenges in the world, such as international trade, foreign investment, environmental policy and anti-corruption, then this course is for you. 

Top five reasons to study international business management top-up with us:

• Real-world experience: our students work on live projects offering tailored real-world consultancy services to small businesses, social enterprises, sole traders and start-ups in the Tees Valley area through our business clinics.

• Industry input: we work with brands including Coca-Cola, Apple, Virgin Money, Volvo, and Microsoft, to give you experience of working with global organisations.

• Entrepreneurial opportunities: our students have created 500 new business start-ups through Launchpad and Microbiz – a start-up community who provide support and advice for students looking to start a new business venture.

• United Nations’ PRME initiative – we’re a proud signatory of the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative, which aims to globally raise the profile of sustainability and responsible leadership to equip current and future leaders with the skills to deliver positive change for business and society.

• International community – benefit from Teesside University Business School’s great international community to develop your management knowledge in a cross-cultural context.

Career opportunities

Graduates from this programme are well placed to find employment in a wide range of business, management and administrative jobs, both in the UK and overseas.

They provide an environment that allows you to build on and further develop the ‘extra’ practical employability characteristics that will make you more interesting to employers in the job market once you graduate.

The staff utilise their extensive business connections to provide many and varied opportunities to engage with potential employers through fairs, guest lecture sessions, live projects, and site visits. In addition they offer a series of workshops and events that ensure all students are equipped with both degree level subject knowledge, plus the practical skills that employers are looking for in new graduate recruits.